Associate Professor Suzie Cosh

Qualifications

B.Psych (Hons)., M.Psych (Clin)/Ph.D. The University of Adelaide

Research Interests

A/Prof Cosh has a broad interest in mental health in relation to both sport psychology and climate change. Her interests in sport psychology include wellbeing in elite athletes, disordered eating, athlete retirement, athlete identity, mental health stigma, and help seeking. She also has a focus on climate change and mental health, both in relation to eco-anxiety and the exposure to natural hazards and extreme weather events. Her work includes intervention research, as well as understanding experiences of natural disasters and climate distress.

Research Supervision Experience

Supervision areas:

• Mental wellbeing in sport and exercise
• Disordered eating behaviour, orthorexia nervosa and compulsive exercise
• Adolescent mental health and climate change
• Extreme weather events and mental health outcomes
• Clinical interventions in psychology
• Help seeking
• Qualitative research

Publications

For the complete list, check:

https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=GBvVB7oAAAAJ&hl=en

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Suzanne_Cosh

Book Chapters:

Tully, P. & Cosh, S. (2023). Treating Depression and Anxiety Disorders simultaneously in patients with Cardiovascular Diseases utilizing the Unified Protocol. In J. Osma & T. J. Farchione (Eds). Applications of the Unified Protocol in Health Conditions, Oxford University Press: UK. pp 285-308, 10.1093/oso/9780197564295.003.0012

Tully, P. J., Pedersen, S., Cosh, S. M. & Foldes-Busque, G. (2022). Treating Anxiety Disorders in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease: How to Formulate Exposure Therapy When Anxiety Mimics the Heart In J. Smits et al., (Eds). Clinical Guide to Exposure Therapy: Beyond Phobias, Springer, 161-182.

Cosh, S. (2021). Athlete identity and Career Transition: implications for retirement outcomes. In D. Agnew (Ed.) Athlete Transitions into Retirement: Experiences in Elite Sport and Options for Effective Support, Routledge

Tully, P.J., Cosh, S., & Pedersen, S. (2020). Cardiovascular Manifestations of Panic and Anxiety. In: Govoni S., Politi P., Vanoli E. (Eds) Brain and Heart Dynamics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28008-6_23

LeCouteur, A. & Cosh, S. (2016). Conversation Analysis for sport research. In B. Smith & A. Sparkes (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, 243.

Journal Articles:

Cosh, S., Olson, J, & Tully, P. (2023). Exploration of Orthorexia Nervosa and Diagnostic overlap with Eating Disorders, Anorexia Nervosa and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. International Journal of Eating Disorders.  doi: 10.1002/eat.24051

Maguire, P., Bhullar, N., Cosh. S. & Wootton, B. (2023).  Exploring Experiences, Barriers and Treatment Preferences for Self-Reported Perinatal Anxiety in Australian Women: A Qualitative Study. Australian Psychologist.  doi.org/10.1080/00050067.2023.2236281

Cosh, S., Lykins, A., Nunn, P., Kumar, R. & Sundaraja, C. (2023). Experiences of Eco-grief in Rural Indigenous Fijians. Global Environmental Psychology.

Lykins, A., Nunn, P., Kumar, R., Sundaraja, C. & Cosh, S. (2023). Adaptation to the effects of climate change in rural Indigenous Fijians. Global Environmental Psychology.

Cosh, S., Loi, N. & McNeil, D. (2023). Passion moderates the relationship between exercise identity and compulsive exercise. Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajsep.2023.03.003

Janovsky, T, Rock, A., Thorsteinsson, E., Clark, G., Polad, V. & Cosh, S. (2023).  Assessing the relationship between early maladaptive schemas and interpersonal problems using interpersonal scenarios depicting rejection. PlosOne. /doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288543

Cosh, S., Eshkevari, E., McNeil, D., & Tully, P. J. (2023). Classifying Excessive Exercise: Examining the relationship between compulsive exercise with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder symptoms and Disordered Eating symptoms. European Eating Disorders Review, 31, 769-780. 10.1002/erv.3002

Cosh, S., McNeil, D & Tully, P. (2023). Compulsive exercise and its relationship with mental health and psychosocial wellbeing in recreational exercisers and athletes. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 26(7). 338-344. doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2023.05.006

Maguire, P., Bhullar, N., Cosh. S. & Wootton, B. (2023).  Help-Seeking and Treatment Delivery Preferences for Women Experiencing Perinatal Anxiety Symptoms. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 51(4), 271-285. doi: 10.1017/S1352465823000012

Cosh, S., Pinto, R., Denson, L. & Tully, P J. (2023). Understandings and experiences of adherence to secondary prevention for patients with cardiovascular disease and comorbid depression or anxiety. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 28(6), 1479-1486. doi:10.1080/13548506.2022.2060515

Lykins, A., Parsons, M., Craig, B., Cosh, S., Hine, D.  & Murray, C. (2023). Australian youth mental health and climate change concern after the Black Summer bushfires. EcoHealth, 20, 3-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-023-01630-1

Hutchinson, M., Cosh, S. & East, L. (2023). Reproductive and sexual health effects of intimate partner violence: a longitudinal and intergenerational analysis. Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare, 35, 100816 doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2023.100816

Paul, N., Cosh, S. & Lykins, D. (2023). “A Love-Hate Relationship with What I Do”: Protecting the Mental Health of Animal Care Workers. Anthrozoös, 36(3), 489-508  doi 10.1080/08927936.2023.2166712

Ayele, A., Islam, M. S., Cosh, S., & East, L. (2023). Involvement of community pharmacy professionals in maternal health service provision in Ethiopia: a multi-centre cross-sectional survey, Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, 14(1), 20-27. https://doi.org/10.1093/jphsr/rmad001

Maguire, P., Bhullar, N., Cosh. S. & Wootton, B. (2023). Feasibility and Acceptability of a Remotely Delivered Transdiagnostic CBT Treatment for Postnatal Anxiety and Related Disorders: A Pilot Case Series. Womens Health, 19. doi:10.1177/17455057231175800

Pike, C., Taylor, A. & Cosh, S. (2022).  Compulsive exercise, exercise identity and coping styles: An examination of relationships in a community sample of adult exercisers. Journal of Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology., 29(4), 129-140. https://doi.org/10.1026/1612-5010/a000361

Schinke, R., Giffin, C., Cosh, S., Douglas, K., Rhind, D., Harwood, C., Si, G. & Papaiounnou (2022).  International society of sport psychology position stand: mental health through occupational health and safety in high performance sport. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology.   20(6), 1711–1173 10.1080/1612197X.2021.1992857

Ayele, A., Cosh, S., Islam, M. S., & East, L. (2022).  Role of community pharmacy professionals in child health service provision in Ethiopia: A cross-sectional survey in six cities of Amhara regional state. BMC Health Services Research, 1259

Cosh, S., Crabb, S., McNeil, D. & Tully, P. J. (2022).  Constructions of athlete mental health post-retirement: A discursive analysis of stigmatising and legitimising versions of transition distress in the Australian broadcast media. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 14(7), 1045-1069 10.1080/2159676x.2022.2086165

Au, E. & Cosh, S. (2022). Social Media and Eating Disorder Recovery: An Exploration of Instagram Recovery Community Users and their Reasons for Engagement. Eating Behaviors, 46, 101651  doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2022.101651

Rice, K., Schutte, N., Cosh, S., Rock, A., Banner, S. & Sheen, J. (2022).  The utility and development of the Competencies of Professional Psychology Rating Scales (COPPR). Frontiers in Education.  https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.818077

Tully, PJ., Turnbull, DA. Horowitz, JD., Beltrame, JF., Baune, BT., Sauer-Zavala, S., Baumeister, H., Bean, C.G., Pinto, R., Cosh, SM. & Wittert, GA. (2022).  Transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral therapy for depression and anxiety disorders in cardiovascular disease patients: results from the CHAMPS feasibility trial. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13.

Hayne, D., Phillips, W., Cosh, S. & Price, I. (2022). Examining Personality Trait Patterns in Transdiagnostic Dimensions of Psychopathology. Current Psychology, 245, doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03028-8

Ayele, A., Islam, M. S., Cosh, S, & East, L. (2022). Community pharmacy professionals’ practice in responding to minor symptoms experienced by pregnant women in Ethiopia: Results from sequential mixed methods. Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice. 15, 29.  doi.org/10.1186/s40545-022-00427-x

Speers, A. Bhullar, N., Cosh, S. M. & Wootton, B. (2022).  Correlates of Therapist Drift in Psychological Practice: A Systematic Review of Therapist Characteristics. Clinical Psychology Review, 93, doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2022.102132

Rice, K., Murray, C.V., Tully, P.J., Hone, A., Bartik, W.J., Newby, D., & Cosh, S. M. (2022). An extension of the Australian Postgraduate Psychology Education Simulation Working Group guidelines: Simulated learning activities within professional psychology placements. Frontiers in Education: Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.840258

Bennett. B., Cosh, S., Thepsourinthone, J., & Lykins, A. D. (2022).  A Mixed-Methods Assessment of Human Wellbeing related to the Presence of Companion Animals during the COVID-19 Pandemic.  People and Animals: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 5(1), 5.

Cosh, S., Rice, K., Bartik, W., Jefferys, A., Hone, A., Murray, C. & Lykins, D. (2022). Acceptability and Feasibility of Telehealth as a Training Modality for Trainee Psychologist Placements: A COVID-19 Response Study. Australian Psychologist, 57(1), 28-36.

Sundaraja, C., Hine, C., Anoop, A., Cosh, S. & Lykins, A. D. (2021). Can Consumers Do It All? An Exploration of Factors that Influence the Purchase of Sustainable Palm Oil Products, Journal of Food Products Marketing 27, (5), 223-242.

Mah, B., Cibrilac, S., Hanna, J., Hart, M., Loughland, C. & Cosh, S. (2021).  Outcomes for infants whose mothers had an eating disorder in the perinatal period: A systematic review of the evidence. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 54, 2077-2094. 10.1002/eat.23612

Cosh. S., McNeil, D., & Tully, P.J. (2021). Poor mental health outcomes in crisis transitions: An examination of retired athletes accounting of crisis transition experiences in a cultural context. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 13(4), 604-623

Craig, B., Cosh, S. & Luck, C. (2021). Research Productivity, Quality, and Impact Metrics of Australian Psychology Academics. Australian Journal of Psychology, 73(2), 144-156

Cosh, S., Carriere, I. Delcourt, C., & Helmer, C. (2021). A dimensional approach to understanding the relationship between self-reported Hearing Loss and depression over 12 years: The Three-City study. Aging & Mental Health.  25 (5), 954-961

Cosh. S., McNeil, D., & Tully, P.J. (2021). Poor mental health outcomes in crisis transitions: An examination of retired athletes accounting of crisis transition experiences in a cultural context. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 13(4), 604-623

Collopy, C., Cosh, S. M. & Tully, P. J. (2021). Screening and referral is not enough: Barriers to access and uptake of mental health care in cardiovascular patients. BMC Health Services Research, 21(49).

Ayele, A., Islam, M. S., Cosh, S, & East, L. (2021).  Involvement and practice of community pharmacists in maternal and child health services: a systematic review.  Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 17(4), 643-652.

Aouad, P., Manna, H., Foroughi, N., Cosh, S., & Hay, P. (2021). Associations between Defence-Style, Eating Disorder Symptoms, and Quality of Life in a Community Sample of Women: A Longitudinal Exploratory Study. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 2477

Cosh S., Tully P., Crabb S.   (2019). Discursive practices around the body of the female athlete: An analysis of sport psychology interactions in elite sport. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 43, 90-104.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2018.12.021

Tully, P.J. & Cosh, S. (2019).  Post-traumatic stress disorder in heart failure patients: a test of the cardiac disease-induced PTSD hypothesis. Current Psychiatry Research and Reviews, 15(4), 290-296.

Hadiyan, H. & Cosh, S. (2019). Level of Physical and Motor Fitness Post Retirement, and Maintenance of Athletic Identity within Active Retired Athletes. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 24(1), 84-95.

Cosh S, Carriere I, Daien V, Tzourio C, Delcourt C, Helmer C. (2019). Sensory loss and suicide ideation in older adults: Findings from the Three-City cohort study. International Psychogeriatrics, 31(1)139-145. doi.org/10.1017/S104161021800056X

Cosh, S., Carriere, I., Nael, V., Tzourio, C., Delcourt, C. & Helmer, C. (2019). The association of vision loss and dimensions of depression over 12 years in older adults: findings from the Three City Study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 423, 477-484.

Cosh, S. Helmer, C., Delcourt, C. Robins, T. & Tully, PJ. (2019). Depression in elderly patients with hearing loss: Current perspectives. Clinical Interventions in Aging, 14, 1471-1480.

Cosh S, Carriere I., Daien V, Amieva H, Tzourio C, Delcourt C, Helmer C. (2018). The relationship between hearing loss in older adults and depression over 12 years: findings from the Three-City prospective cohort study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 33(12), 1654-1661.

Cosh S, Naël V, Carrière I, Daien V, Amieva H, Delcourt C, Helmer C (2018). Bidirectional relationships between vision and hearing loss with anxiety: prospective findings from the Three-City Study.Age and Ageing, 47(4), 582-589. doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy062

Cosh, S., von Hanno, T., Helmer, C., Bertelsen, G., Delcourt, C.& Schirmer, H. (2018).  The association among visual, hearing and dual sensory loss with depression and anxiety over six years: The Tromsø Study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 33, 598-605 DOI: 10.1002/gps.4827

Tully, PJ & Cosh S (2018). Much a review about nothing: a comment on the treatment of anxiety in patients with coronary heart disease. Psychosomatics, 59(6), 623-624.

Tully, PJ, Turnbull D, Anstey KJ, Beckett N., Beiser AS, Birns J, Birkman AM, Burns NR, Cosh S…Tzourio C. (2018). The association between blood pressure variability (BPV) with dementia and cognitive function: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. Systematic Reviews, 7, 163 – 171.

Cosh, S., Zentner, N., Ay, E-S., Loos, S., Slade, M. et al. (2017). Clinical decision making and mental health service use in people with severe mental illness across Europe. Psychiatric Services, 68(9), 970-974.

Tully, P.J., Harrison, N. J., Cheung, P., Cosh,S. (2016). Anxiety and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Review. Current Cardiology Reports, 18 (12), 120.

Puschner, B., Cosh, S. & Becker, T. (2016). Patient-rated outcome assessment with the Outcome Questionnaire 45 in people with severe mental illness. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 32, 273-282.

Tully, P.J., Hanon, O., Cosh, S., Tzourio, C. (2016). Diuretic antihypertensive drugs and incident dementia risk: a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression of prospective studies. Journal of Hypertension 34 (6), 1027-1035.

Tully, P.J., Turnbull, D.A., Horowitz, J.D., Beltrame, J.F., Selkow, T., Baune, B.T., Markwick, E., Sauer-Zavala, S., Baumeister, H., Cosh, S., Wittert, G. A. (2016). Cardiovascular Health in Anxiety or Mood Problems Study (CHAMPS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 17 (1), 1.

Cosh, S., Hawkins, K., Skaczkowski, G., Copley, D. & Bowden, J., (2015). Tobacco-use among urban Aboriginal Australian young people: a qualitative study of reasons for smoking, barriers to cessation, and motivators for smoking cessation. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 21(3), 334-341.

Cosh, S., Crabb, S., Kettler, L., LeCouteur, A. & Tully, P. J. (2015). The normalisation of body regulation and monitoring practices in elite sport: A discursive analysis of news delivery sequences during skinfold testing. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 7(3), 338-360.  10.1080/2159676X.2014.949833

Cosh, S., Crabb, S., & Tully, P. J. (2015). A champion out of the pool? A discursive exploration of two Australian Olympic swimmers’ transition from elite sport to retirement. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 19, 33-41.

Cosh, S. & Tully, P. J. (2015). Stressors, coping and support mechanisms for student-athletes combining elite sport and tertiary education: Implications for practice. The Sport Psychologist, 29, 120-133.

Tully, PJ., Turnbull, D., Beltrame, J., Horowitz, J., Cosh, S., Baumeister, H. & Wittert, G. A. (2015). Panic disorder and incident coronary heart disease: a systematic review and meta-regression in 1,131,612 persons and 58,111 cardiac events. Psychological Medicine, 45 (14), 2909-2920.

Tully, P.J., Wittert, G.A., Turnbull, D.A., Beltrame, J.F., Horowitz, J.D., Cosh, S., Baumeister, H. (2015). Panic disorder and incident coronary heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. Systematic Reviews, 4(1), 33.

Cosh, S. & Tully, P. J. (2014). “All I have to do is pass”: A discursive analysis of student athletes' talk about prioritising sport to the detriment of education to overcome stressors encountered in combining elite sport and tertiary education. Psychology of Sport and Exercise 15, 180-189.

Tully, P. J., Cosh, S., Baumeister, H. (2014). The Anxious Heart in Whose Mind? A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression of Factors Associated with Anxiety Disorder Diagnosis, Treatment and Morbidity Risk in Coronary Heart Disease. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 77(6), 439-448.

Cosh, S., Maksimovic, L., Ettridge, K., Copley, D., Bowden, J. (2013). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander utilisation of the Quitline service for smoking cessation in South Australia: A preliminary investigation. Australian J. Primary Health, 19, 113-118.

Cosh, S., Crabb, S. & LeCouteur, A. (2013). Elite athletes and retirement: Identity, choice and agency. Australian Journal of Psychology, 65, 89-97.

Cosh, S., LeCouteur, A., Crabb, S., & Kettler, L. (2013). Career transitions and identity: A discursive psychological approach to exploring athlete identity in retirement and the transition back into elite sport. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health 5, 21-42.

Tully, P. J., Cosh, S. & Baune, B. T. (2013). A review of the effects of worry and generalized anxiety disorder upon cardiovascular health and coronary heart disease. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 18(6), 627-644.

Hastie, B. & Cosh, S. (2013). ‘What's wrong with that?': Legitimating and contesting gender inequality. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 32(3), 367-368.

Tully, P.J. & Cosh, S. (2013).Generalized anxiety disorder prevalence and comorbidity with depression in coronary heart disease: A meta analysis. Journal of Health Psychology 18(12), 1601-1616.

Cosh, S., Crabb, S., LeCouteur, A., & Kettler, L. (2012). Accountability, monitoring and surveillance: Body regulation in elite sport. Journal of Health Psychology, 17(4), 610-622.

Cosh, S. & Crabb, S. (2012). Motherhood within elite sport discourse: The case of Keli Lane. POWS Review, 14(2), 41-49.

Cosh, S. & Crabb, S. (2012).Reconceptualising the Female Athlete Triad: Locating athletes’ bodies within the discursive practices of elite sporting environments.POWS Review, 14(2), 20-25

Hastie, B. & Cosh, S (2012). ‘Aren’t men also involved in childbearing?’: Rendering the male reproductive body visible to resist gender inequality. GLIP Review, 8(2), 98-111.

Further Information

Grant Funding:

2023 - Cosh, S., Lykins, A., Tully, P., Bartik, W., Jefferys, A. & Newby, D. The Natural Disaster Resilience Project:  Piloting a new intervention targeting natural disaster-exposed rural youth. The Peregrine Centre Small Project Grants
Amount: $41,666

2022 – Cosh, S., Lykins, A., Bartik, W., Tully, P & Rice, K.  The Phoenix Project: A Community-Based Mental Health Fire Recovery Program. Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants, BSBR001480
Amount: $321,695